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Ithaginis sinensis sinensis. — Bianchi, J.F.O. (1904), p. 73-79, 



Ithaginis sinensis hereqoivsMi. — Bianchi, Anntiaire Mus., St. 

 Petersb., VIII., p. 1-10;' id, J.F.O. (1904), p. 75. 



Ithaqenes sinends. — Sttiart Baker, Bull B.O.C., XXXV.. p. 128 

 (1915). 



Vernacular names. — Sermun (Chinese, Kansu). 



Description — Adult Male. — Lores, forehead, snpercilium and cheeks 

 blackish ; crown and crest ashy grey with pale shafts and dark tips; 

 ear-coverts blackish brown with narrow white streaks ; chin, throat 

 and upper breast dull pale fulvous ashy, darkest on the chin, and 

 with obsolete pale centres. 



The colour grades on the lower breast and on the flanks into 

 bright yellow-green, each feather with a narrow, but distinct black 

 edge, and with paler centres to a few in the middle of the lower 

 breast ; in some birds the black edges are absent on the hanks ; 

 anterior flanks ashy brown with pale centres, bordered with 

 dark brown ; abdomen and vent ash}^ brown ; under tail coverts 

 crimson, the bases of the feathers black and the tips white with 

 black borders. 



Under wing coverts and axillaries grey with white shaft lines. 

 Whole upper plumage, sides of neck and wing coverts ashy grey 

 with white shaft stripes bordered with blackish brown, a few of 

 the outer tail coverts with crimson fringes at their bases ; rectrices 

 ashy grey, all but the outer, and sometimes the two outer, pairs 

 with crimson fringes. 



Greater wing coverts and innermost secondaries rich ochre brown 

 with narrow white central striae and parallel lines of blackish. Quills 

 brown with white shafts, the white forming ill-defined blotches at 

 the tips. 



In most birds there is a distinct trace of crimson on the chin and 

 sides of the face. The chestnut of the wing varies very greatly. 

 In a few birds it is a vivid chestnut red, whilst in others it is a pale 

 dingy rufous ochre. Very rarely it is faintly suffused with green, 

 and in a few individuals also the edges of the feathers are crimson. 



Colours of soft parts. — " Eyes yellow; " Styan. Colours of other 

 parts as in I. cruentus. 



Measurements. — About the same as in I. cruentus or a trifle 

 smaller. The large number I have examined have wings varying 

 from 7-8" to 8-9" (=198-1 to 226 mm.). 



Adult 'Female.- — Crest slaty grey, rest of head, cheeks, chin and 

 throat dull greyish fulvous, each feather with a faint white centre, 

 some of the posterior long-ear coverts dark brown, and others with 

 concentric lines of brown following the contour of the feather. 

 Remainder of upper plumage rufous brown, vermiculated with dark 

 brown, the two colours approaching broken bars in character at the 

 end of the rectrices and inner secondaries. 



